Public spending on infrastructure has fallen to its lowest level since 1947. And the U.S., which used to have the finest infrastructure in the world, is now ranked 16th according to the World Economic Forum, behind Iceland, Spain, Portugal and… — Ray LaHood Copy Share Image
A shortage of airports runways and gates along outmoded air traffic control systems have made U.S. air travel the most congested in the world. — Ray LaHood Copy Share Image
The Bush administration, they had two blue ribbon commissions about infrastructure finance that recommended a lot more money, and additionally the gas tax being… — Ray LaHood Copy Share Image
The Chinese are more successful [in building infrastructure] because in their country, only three people make the decision. ... In a country where only… — Ray LaHood Copy Share Image
Last time Congress passed a major six-year transportation bill was in 1997, since then there have been 21 short-term extensions. — Ray LaHood Copy Share Image
Liveability means being able to take your kids to school, go to work, see a doctor, drop by the grocery or Post Office, go… — Ray LaHood Copy Share Image
Public spending on infrastructure has fallen to its lowest level since 1947. And the U.S., which used to have the finest infrastructure in the… — Ray LaHood Copy Share Image
Portal Bridge is based on a design from the 1840s and was already obsolete shortly after it was completed in 1910. It's a swing… — Ray LaHood Copy Share Image
What Lincoln did is he gathered people around him the way that I believe President Obama is doing by calling Republicans, talking to them,… — Ray LaHood Copy Share Image
The last time we raised the gas tax, which is how we built the interstate system, was 1993. — Ray LaHood Copy Share Image
People across America who value bicycling should have a voice when it comes to transportation planning. This is the end of favoring motorized transportation… — Ray LaHood Copy Share Image
A shortage of airports runways and gates along outmoded air traffic control systems have made U.S. air travel the most congested in the world. — Ray LaHood Copy Share Image
![“The Chinese are more successful [in building infrastructure] because in their country, only three people make the decision. ... In a country where only three people make the decision, they can decide where to put their rail line, get the money, and do it. We don't do it that way in America.” quote by Ray LaHood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4e0/ray-lahood-41377_america_the-chinese-are-more-successful-in-build_1599981.jpg)
